Congress to NASA, private spaceflight firms: get moving
When President Obama first outlined his plan for the American space program, he made a dramatic shift from the approach held by previous administrations in encouraging the private sector to take over low-Earth orbital responsibilities so that NASA...
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Scientists: there could be 'tens of billions' of habitable planets in our galaxy
Researchers at the European Southern Observatory have declared that there could be #39;tens of billions#39; of habitable planets in the Milky Way Galaxy alone. This bold statement comes on the heels of a new research study using the...
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Amateur astronomer photographs mysterious Martian 'clouds'
The amateur (as well as professional) astronomy world is abuzz over images taken by a backyard amateur that apparently show never-before-seen clouds on Mars. In the photos and video animation, one can clearly see a plume rising over...
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